Courage under fire
SANCTUARY AWARDS . Sanctuary Magazine . ABN-Amro . India Sanctuary magazine and ABN-Amro bank have chosen four forest officers and a grassroots activist as Earth Heroes for this year's Sanctuary
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South Asia Sri Lanka hikes tax to fund war
Sri Lanka has raised taxes on a range of goods and services to meet its war expenses. Coming ahead the country's budget due in early November, the move is a stopgap measure to raise around Sri Lankan Rs 10 billion (US $88 million) to finance the country's renewed war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) and to stabilise its economy.<br>
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THAILAND
The much-hyped project to export natural gas from Burma's Yadana field to Thailand is under fire from Thai environmen talists. They are concerned about the negative impact of the project on wildlife
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Cat Frankensteins
Pure gene in demand: Asiatic lions at Junagarh zoo
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Row over uranium mining in Meghalaya
the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (moef) cleared a controversial mining project by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited in Meghalaya last month, triggering fresh protests by local
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MALAYSIA
Malaysia, the country that hopes to be the home of latest multimedia technology, is currently advising its people to "return to the soil'. Threatened by a looming economic crisis, Malaysia plans to
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Wilidlife photography ain't that simple
Photographs of wildlife in controlled situations have fostered an exotic image of the wild
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A road to nowhere
The government must undertake a serious study of human nature interaction before declaring any area a national park
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The mystery of the aquadeaths
One of the most lucrative pisciculture activities today, shrimp cultivation in India was recently given a devastating body blow by a mysterious lethal virus. Author tracks the beast
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Double speak
International cooperation in the protection of endangered species can be built on a totally different set of principles rather than trade bans
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Protecting the Eden
The final word went to Mastuk, a Gujjar leader, who asked the Bank s task manager, Why don t you give us the money and let us manage the park?
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People or bust
Anthropologists are realising that the rate of disappearance of cultures has become a serious problem, and are thus taking up activist roles
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The empire strikes back
Despite the progress in medical science, many old and new diseases seem to dodge us. Microbes which we bade farewell to, are raising their ugly heads again by hiding, mutating and then resurfacing
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The salt of the earth
Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little regard for the ecological and environmental consequences.
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Paper capers
A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests
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We can't regard forests as something without human presence
RUBENS RICUPERO, 57, Brazil's suave and diplomatic minister for environment, has an unenviable job: charting the destiny of the beleaguered Amazonian rainforests, the source of over 50 per cent of the planet's oxygen. In India recently to discuss environm
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Books teach green the fun way
Much useful and reasonably priced reading material for children, focussing on environmental issues, is available now.
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For the people...
Conservation policies practised in the developing world need to tread cautiously on territories which had for generations, belonged to the people, says a statement by the Centre for Science and Environment
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Kangaroos and tribals in the spotlight
The interests of the Tokyo Environmental Film Festival were varied and the films were technically superb, but most failed to focus on people
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Ragged law, poor enforcement
Though the Salman Khan case is being actively prosecuted, and is in the public eye, this is no thanks to the legal, judicial and enforcement systems currently in place. There is a strong current